Georgian Orthodox Apostolic Church
Mainstream Eastern Orthodox church with substantial national role in Georgia.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — mainstream Eastern Orthodox with substantial national role in Georgia.
Profile facts
In context
The Georgian Orthodox Church has substantial role in Georgian national identity. Autocephaly established 5th century, restored 1917. Patriarch Ilia II since 1977. Mainstream voluntary tradition.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
This profile is in progress — history, deeper BITE evidence and survivor voices are still being added. Contributions welcome via GitHub.
Timeline
- 5th c.Original autocephaly
- 1917Autocephaly restored
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
| Title | Type | Reliability | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le patriarche de Géorgie émissaire de son pays auprès de Vladimir Poutine · archive | Journalism | Secondary | — |
| KEY ASPECTS OF GEORGIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH’S AUTOCEPHALY — Volynskyi Blahovisnyk (2019) | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Georgian Orthodox church · archive | Organisation | Tertiary | — |
| Georgia's mighty Orthodox Church | Journalism | Secondary | — |
| Le Patriarche de Géorgie émissaire de son pays auprès de Vladimir Poutine · archive | Journalism | Secondary | — |
Sources
- Various academic studies search ↗
- Le patriarche de Géorgie émissaire de son pays auprès de Vladimir Poutine — https://www.la-croix.com/Urbi-et-Orbi/Actualite/Monde/Le-patriarche-de-Georgie-emissaire-de-son-pays-aupres-de-Vladimir-Poutine-2013-01-24-903265 open ↗
- KEY ASPECTS OF GEORGIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH’S AUTOCEPHALY — Volynskyi Blahovisnyk (2019) — https://doi.org/10.33209%2F2519-4348-2019-7-54 open ↗
- Georgian Orthodox church — https://www.britannica.com/topic/Georgian-Orthodox-church open ↗
- Georgia's mighty Orthodox Church — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-23103853 open ↗
- Le Patriarche de Géorgie émissaire de son pays auprès de Vladimir Poutine — http://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Urbi-Orbi/Monde/Le-patriarche-de-Georgie-emissaire-de-son-pays-aupres-de-Vladimir-Poutine-_NP_-2013-01-24-903265 open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Source-density flags derived from existing free-text sources[]: academic sources. Heuristic auto-flag; subsequent editorial pass will populate structuredSources[] with reliability tiers.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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